Paris Saint-Germain advances Osmane Dembele and Desire Dou, weeks after suffering an injury playing in France against Ukraine.
At the start of the second half on Friday evening, Barondore’s favorite Dembele replaced the injured Doe, but suffered a hamstring injury with 10 minutes remaining in France’s World Cup qualifiers.
It was a frustrating watch for PSG. PSG confirmed the extent of the injury in a statement.
“After injuring the pitch during a match between Ukraine and France on Friday, Osmane Dembele suffered a serious injury to his right hamstring. He is expected to be unavailable for about six weeks,” the European champion said in a medical update.
“Also, getting injured during the encounter, Desire Doue strains his right calf and goes out for about four weeks.”
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This means that both players miss the first game of PSG’s Champions League title defense.
They will hold Ivan Juric’s Atalanta on September 17th and will visit Barcelona, a former club and semi-finalist in Dembele on October 1st.
Dembele and Doue were outstanding as PSG won last season’s Champions League, with the former solidifying themselves as Barondoor’s favorite in their European performances.
He has strong competition with Spain and Barcelona Wonder Kid Ramin Yamal, but PSG’s high-pitched victory makes him a strong favorite.
Will Ousmane Dembele missed due to injury?
Dembele’s injury means he will undoubtedly miss the aforementioned two matches in three Ligue 1 games and the Champions League, but that will be touch-and-go for two more fixtures.
Lens (H) – League 1: Sunday, September 14th Atalanta (H) – Champions League: Wednesday, September 17th (A) – League 1: Sunday, September 21st Auxer (H) – September 27th Barcelona (A) – Champions League – Champions League: Tuesday, October 21st *
Doue should be the right fitness player to return to full fitness during his international break next month and play Strasbourg on October 17th.
Their absence should allow Bradley Barcola and Goncaro Ramos to impress Luis Enrique.
Barcola had linked Liverpool and Bayern Munich in the summer transfer window, but in August Fabrizio Romano confirmed that PSG wanted to offer him a new contract.
He writes to X: “Liverpool considers Bradley Barcola a world-class player, but there will be no bids or discussions at this stage. We are currently focusing on ISAK.”
“PSG wants to keep Barcola up and offer him a new deal. He and Luis Campos’ Al Keraifi, signed by Luis Enrique, are all in line with each other.”
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